Climate averages 1991–2020
Luzern weather
in November.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Luzern: daytime highs average 9.0°C and nights cool to about 3.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 134 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes November a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 25 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zürich (40 km away). In November its highs average 8.8°C, about as warm as Luzern, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Switzerland, Luzern ranks 4th of 8 for the warmest November highs and 8th of 8 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 8 cities is 8.8°C; Luzern is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 5.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 134 mm to 131 mm.
The annual picture
November in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Luzern climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.6°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 117 | 13.7 | 9.09 h |
| February | 5.7°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 112 | 12.8 | 10.210 h |
| March | 9.7°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 126 | 15.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.8°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 135 | 15.2 | 13.614 h |
| May | 17.9°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 188 | 18.4 | 15.015 h |
| June | 21.2°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 200 | 18.6 | 15.816 h |
| July | 23.1°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 212 | 18.5 | 15.515 h |
| August | 23.0°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 211 | 17.7 | 14.214 h |
| September | 18.9°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 166 | 15.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.9°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 130 | 13.6 | 10.911 h |
| November, selected | 9.0°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 134 | 14.1 | 9.49 h |
| December | 5.3°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 131 | 14.3 | 8.69 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
November in nearby cities
- Zürich in NovemberSwitzerland · 40 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 2.6°C · 106 mm rain
- Winterthur in NovemberSwitzerland · 60 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 2.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Bern in NovemberSwitzerland · 66 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 1.0°C · 90 mm rain
- Basel in NovemberSwitzerland · 79 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 2.1°C · 94 mm rain
- Sankt Gallen in NovemberSwitzerland · 91 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 0.4°C · 103 mm rain
- Vaduz in NovemberLiechtenstein · 93 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 1.4°C · 121 mm rain
- Konstanz in NovemberGermany · 94 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 3.8°C · 83 mm rain
- Mulhouse in NovemberFrance · 107 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 2.5°C · 81 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Luzern) is explained once on the Luzern year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.